Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle Market Report

Carthage, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 8, 2021

11,387 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.42/cwt +0.50 vs last sale · ≈ $773/hd at 528 lb · 612 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.99/cwt +2.07 vs last sale · ≈ $820/hd at 569 lb · 612 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $167.06/cwt +1.09 vs last sale · ≈ $960/hd at 575 lb · 591 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	11,387	13,551	5,627
Feeder cattle	11,387	13,551	5,627

Market comments — USDA reporter

"CLOSE" Compared to last Monday, feeder steers and heifers traded steady with active bidding. Supply was heavy with good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	6	210.00	$210.00	$626	+8.35
305–342	327	97	191.00–217.00	$204.21	$668	+0.91
362–395	380	90	190.00–205.00	$197.71	$751	-0.82
400–448	428	196	177.00–197.50	$184.71	$791	-2.51
450–498	476	391	173.00–190.00	$180.19	$858	-1.65
492 thin fleshed	492	34	194.00	$194.00	$954	—
500–548	527	319	162.00–184.00	$169.87	$895	-4.29
538 thin fleshed	538	39	184.00	$184.00	$990	-3.00
569–570 fancy	570	147	174.50–176.75	$175.76	$1,002	—
550–596	576	444	159.00–174.00	$164.18	$946	-1.79
612 thin fleshed	612	11	162.00	$162.00	$991	—
600–649	624	523	141.00–160.00	$151.96	$948	+4.51
650–695	670	168	141.00–155.00	$148.59	$996	+2.47
700–740	720	463	134.00–144.00	$138.63	$998	+1.37
751–792	767	386	134.00–138.25	$135.57	$1,040	+0.34
805–848	826	304	127.00–138.00	$132.10	$1,091	+0.64
851–893	866	224	126.50–134.25	$130.26	$1,128	+1.88
907–941	925	48	123.50–126.00	$124.38	$1,151	-0.35
950–996	961	131	121.00–125.00	$123.29	$1,185	-1.48
1025–1046	1039	27	118.00–120.00	$118.73	$1,234	-2.59

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–346	340	20	175.00–180.00	$176.50	$600	-10.65
356–398	373	104	170.00–189.00	$180.50	$673	-2.00
410–448	428	35	160.00–175.00	$164.06	$702	-1.82
450–498	471	133	160.00–172.00	$167.37	$788	-2.62
478	478	4	150.00	$150.00	$717	-19.99
501–547	524	111	148.00–160.00	$153.38	$804	-0.47
551–599	575	263	147.00–158.00	$154.12	$886	-0.69
604–644	623	165	134.00–140.00	$138.42	$862	+1.39
659–699	676	97	130.00–140.00	$135.44	$916	-2.86
716–749	737	58	128.00–133.00	$131.07	$966	-1.11
750–797	777	228	126.00–133.50	$132.11	$1,026	+1.39
830	830	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,038	+1.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301	301	4	162.50	$162.50	$489	-7.50
371–377	374	9	160.00–167.50	$164.20	$614	-5.88
443	443	6	155.00	$155.00	$687	—
451–496	477	61	151.00–159.00	$154.96	$739	-2.29
518–548	535	7	138.00–145.00	$140.90	$754	-4.26
567–591	578	33	143.00–145.00	$144.30	$834	-2.41
603–633	619	10	122.00–127.00	$123.49	$764	-4.51

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–543	524	43	132.00–140.00	$139.02	$728	+6.52
575–595	590	12	130.00	$130.00	$767	—
696	696	5	122.00	$122.00	$849	+5.00
836	836	4	112.00	$112.00	$936	—
901	901	7	80.00	$80.00	$721	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–346	334	81	150.00–159.00	$155.65	$520	-2.30
350–396	382	118	150.00–163.00	$156.86	$599	+1.80
401–445	425	125	150.00–157.00	$151.72	$645	-1.45
453–499	488	64	150.00–157.00	$153.57	$749	-2.22
501–548	527	501	136.00–152.00	$143.70	$757	-2.22
523–539 fancy	532	97	156.50–161.25	$159.08	$846	—
543 thin fleshed	543	14	156.00	$156.00	$847	—
556–567 fancy	562	65	151.00–156.00	$153.72	$864	—
550–599	570	547	132.00–150.00	$142.83	$814	+0.91
602–648	624	316	124.50–140.00	$132.81	$829	+0.19
651–694	677	344	125.00–136.00	$130.17	$881	+0.97
700–749	723	317	124.00–130.00	$127.73	$923	+0.78
752–790	759	248	124.85–128.00	$125.89	$956	-1.61
813–832	821	85	121.00–124.25	$123.29	$1,012	-0.37
863–887	873	124	120.50–124.50	$122.06	$1,066	+0.33
909	909	6	113.00	$113.00	$1,027	-10.93
1012	1012	15	106.00	$106.00	$1,073	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–337	331	35	144.00–147.00	$144.48	$478	+0.48
352–396	375	65	140.00–149.00	$146.02	$548	+1.23
405–445	423	147	143.00–152.00	$146.14	$618	+0.27
450–498	476	209	138.00–149.00	$144.67	$689	-2.81
525 thin fleshed	525	22	154.00	$154.00	$808	—
513–548	538	129	125.00–135.00	$132.86	$715	-4.68
553–595	578	87	124.00–133.00	$129.93	$751	-2.77
601–632	616	30	120.00–124.00	$122.68	$756	-1.32
661–663	662	19	124.00	$124.00	$821	+1.00
710–745	720	20	121.00–123.00	$122.24	$880	+2.81
770–790	781	51	113.00–123.50	$121.07	$946	+0.15
845	845	42	115.00	$115.00	$972	+3.00
925	925	6	105.00	$105.00	$971	—
1041	1041	4	97.00	$97.00	$1,010	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	4	137.50	$137.50	$412	—
366–396	380	24	135.00–148.00	$142.48	$541	—
401–447	431	96	132.00–142.00	$137.39	$592	-0.16
452–498	478	224	129.00–142.00	$139.84	$668	+1.76
523	523	7	134.00	$134.00	$701	—
571–598	580	9	117.00–121.00	$119.63	$694	—
618–640	628	16	118.00–122.00	$120.22	$755	+3.77
665–698	672	20	113.00–121.00	$117.16	$787	+3.16
710–715	711	11	109.00–111.00	$109.55	$779	—
860	860	5	103.00	$103.00	$886	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–416	414	12	122.00–128.00	$124.51	$515	—
487	487	9	120.00	$120.00	$584	—
541	541	9	118.00	$118.00	$638	—
584	584	5	107.00	$107.00	$625	—
608	608	4	105.00	$105.00	$638	—
814	814	10	72.00	$72.00	$586	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	6	141.50	$141.50	$672	-0.50
590	590	14	142.00	$142.00	$838	+10.00
990	990	4	95.00	$95.00	$940	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	44	165.00	$165.00	$688	+5.00
467	467	12	161.00	$161.00	$752	+0.07
503–544	533	53	152.00–162.00	$154.95	$826	-4.70
601–635	615	43	134.00–146.00	$140.80	$866	-5.62
659–694	682	25	128.00–130.00	$128.63	$877	—
713	713	4	124.00	$124.00	$884	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393–398	396	6	157.50–162.00	$159.74	$633	—
485–493	486	43	150.00–157.50	$156.97	$763	—
566–592	583	20	135.00–145.00	$142.68	$832	+1.83
605	605	3	120.00	$120.00	$726	-6.22
891	891	5	105.00	$105.00	$936	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	3	150.00	$150.00	$556	—
491	491	3	140.00	$140.00	$687	—
515	515	7	124.00	$124.00	$639	—
684	684	9	110.00	$110.00	$752	-2.00
795	795	7	94.00	$94.00	$747	-8.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	5	100.00	$100.00	$398	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.